Chauncey Olcott, circa 1895
THF210147 / Chauncey Olcott, circa 1895
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Artifact Overview
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made in Napoleon Sarony's New York City studio around 1895, depicts famous American actor and singer Chauncey Olcott.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cabinet photograph
Subject Date
circa 1895
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2005.0.34.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 4.375 in
Inscriptions
front, printed:
Sarony Publishing Company, 11 E. Sixteenth Street, New York
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